12/18/2025
Why We Expanded the Shop at The Nook
At The Nook, our deepest work has always been, and will continue to be, integrative healing through a depth psychological lens. Our foundation is one-on-one sessions with Michelle and massage with Michael. This is the heart of what we do.
From that foundation, we expand outward by offering healing through sound, community circles, ceremony, yoga, somatic practices, and retreats hosted around the world. All of it is rooted in the same intention: supporting people in returning to themselves, softening what has hardened, and finding breath, presence, and inner truth.
The gift shop grew from that same place of intention.
Part of this work has also taken us far beyond our hometown. We travel the world, spending time in local markets, artist collectives, and small workshops. We shop directly with makers, learn their stories, and build relationships with the people behind the work. Some of the pieces you’ll find in our shop come from places that have deeply shaped us, like our favorite market in Pisac, Peru, and from the single mothers’ cooperative in Guatemala whose handwoven, plant-dyed wearable art we are honored to carry. We bring these pieces home not as souvenirs, but as stories and relationships we want to share with our community.
We expanded because we believe that beauty is healing. Story is medicine. A meaningful gift can shift a moment, a day, sometimes even a life. A card chosen with care can open a conversation. A handwoven textile can bring grounding. A small luxury, crafted ethically, can anchor someone back into their body and their breath.
Our Appalachian community deserves access to beautiful, intentional things not just during the holidays, but all year long. Not mass-produced items with no soul, but work created by artists, makers, and global artisans whose hands carry stories and traditions.
So we curated a shop that reflects the values of our healing practice:
• artist-made greeting cards with depth and story-rich art
• bean-to-bar chocolate crafted with integrity
• handmade Guatemalan textiles and jewelry supporting single mother artisans
• ethical spices grown by regenerative farmers
• Appalachian maker goods that honor home
• non-toxic candles, incense, and ritual tools
• an abundant selection of thoughtfully sourced tin fish from around the world
• small luxuries that nourish the senses and the spirit
This shop is small but mighty. It is an offering of beauty, presence, and connection to accompany the deeper healing work happening in our Main Street space.
It is not separate from our mission. It is another way we hold it.
As we continue to serve through integrative somatic therapy, bodywork, circles, workshops, retreats, yoga and sound bath, this little boutique stands alongside it all as a reminder that healing can also come through the hands, the senses, through color and texture, and through the simple act of choosing something beautiful for yourself or someone you love.
We’re offering special shopping hours just in time for Christmas:
TODAY!!! Thursday, December 18 • 12–4
Friday, December 19 • 10–1
Saturday, December 20 • 10–3
Tuesday, December 23 • 10–2 and 4–8
Thank you for being part of this community.
Thank you for valuing depth, care, and intention.
We can’t wait to welcome you in!
